Russian President announced the expulsion of more than 750 US diplomats in the country as a result of the recent aggressive policies of the US.

The Diplomats will be forced to leave Russia cutting their number to less than 450. The US Congress has recently imposed a new series of sanctions against Russia, along with Iran and North Korea. Trump will have no choice signing the sanctions.

Talking with Rossiya 1 TV channel, Vladimir Putin stressed that the new sanctions were unprovoked by the Russian side. He further added that “[It includes] unlawful restrictions, attempts to influence other states of the world, including our allies, who are interested in developing and keeping relations with Russia.”

The announcement has been firstly made by Russian foreign ministry according to which the American diplomatic staff will be reduced to 450 to make it compromising with the number of Russian diplomats in US. More than 1200 diplomatic staff are missioned in Russia by Washington.

Putin was expecting some positive moves by his counterpart in the US while the new measure decided by congress is decided to damage the mutual relations. “It’s not going to change in the near future… I decided that it is time for us to show that we will not leave anything unanswered,” Putin asserted in the interview.

The Russian President further explained that he does not mean to break ties on other issues already agreed on with the US. “Joint fight against terrorism, obligations to nuclear arms control, and space projects” are amongst the spheres of cooperation that Putin hoped to remain unaffected by the anti-Russian Policies of the US.

Russian alleged interference in US election in 2016 has put its shadow on the relations between the two countries. While it was expected that the relations would be better under Trump administration, analysts believe that a dangerous dispute is firing up between the two powers having the overtones of cold war.